Ghost On Black Mountain will be published by Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, September 13, 2011. This is the first novel in her Black Mountain series. Ann has published more than sixty stories in publications such as: Literary House Review Anthology, Espresso Fiction, Skyline Magazine, Plum Biscuit, Moonwort Review, Foliate Oak, and Spillway Review. Her Black Mountain story, Circle of Light, was nominated for Sundress Best of 2008 where she appeared along side Ron Carlson, the great short story writer. Adams Media picked up BELIEVING IN MAGIC, a personal essay, for their October, 2009 released anthology CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS. Adams Medial also published THE CHRISTMAS TREE HUNTER in CHRISTMAS THROUGH A CHILD’S EYES, in 2008. Her personal story, SURVIVING MOM, was included in Marlo Thomas’s latest collection, THE RIGHT WORDS AT THE RIGHT TIME, VOL., 2. stories, featured in the May 2008 Issue of The Dead Mule, Her novel, BEAUTIFUL WRECK was a semi-finalist in the 2009 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest.

 Ann has published more than forty-five book reviews. What does this mean? She’s a book junkie. Her book reviews appear in Internet Book Review and Feminist Review. The process of reviewing novels and memoirs has been a huge learning experience in structure and character development, which she applies to her work. She teaches workshops throughout the South specializing in writing voice. Most recently she spoke about this topic at Scribblers’ Retreat Writers’ Conference on St. Simons Island.  Ann lives with her family in Atlanta with her ever expanding library, a butterfly/hummingbird garden, and her laptop. She is hard at work on my next BLACK MOUNTAIN novel, SIGHT.